[time-nuts] When buying, watch for scammers

[William H. Fite]

Strongly suggest that you not only leave negative feedback but also send a
note to ebay, stating the circumstances.  I had the same experience a year
or so ago, did both those things, and got an email back from ebay stating
that "they would communicate with the seller."  I anticipated he would give
ME negative feedback but he did not.

Bill




On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 2:52 PM, Will Matney <xformer at citynet.net> wrote:

> All,
>
> I thought I would share this, as it could save you some hard earned cash.
>
> I just won a piece of equipment off ebay, and I knew what it weighed, and
> it's size, when I bought it. It was to be shipped from Colorado to here in
> Ohio. When the auction was over, I sent in the payment, but the next day, I
> get an e-mail saying that UPS wanted more to ship it, than they had
> figured, at $16.00, and that they required $9.95 more. Well, the first
> thing I did was go to the UPS Stores website, and there, you can put in
> both city names, and zips, along with the package size, and weight. I did
> this, and the total came to $16.14, as I first thought, and was what the
> auction listed it at $16 even. I sent a message back, and stated that no, I
> would not pay it, and that that was against ebay rules, and if they didn't
> want to abide by the auction, they should refund my money, and that I would
> leave appropriate feedback.
>
> Two or three days passed by, with no reply from the seller, and just
> yesterday, I receive the package via the mail, or USPS, which I know it
> costed less to ship the package with. They may have saved $5 to $6 dollars,
> but not the $9.99 they wanted, and I still got it as quick as UPS ground
> estimated, but the point is, it didn't cost the $9.99 more to ship it, and
> it did not arrive by the requested shipper, with insurance. I didn't check
> with USPS to see what rate it would be, but that's what the seller pulled.
>
> I have only had this happen two or three times out of around 500 purchases
> from ebay, but you will run into this with some. At any rate, if they
> request extra money, look into it, and I can assure you, ebay don't allow
> this. It could possibly be true, that the seller did indeed mess up, but in
> this case, nope, they just wanted extra cash for what they sold.
>
> Best,
>
> Will
>
>
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